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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · 2d

Is there an English version planned/out?

Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · 6d

Starting off with anthropology is such a genius move that aids people in the journey towards understanding optimisation.

We optimise as an outward display of care for someone else's experience. I feel like there should be some studies done on asynchronous avatar representation 🤔

Brikaro @brikaro.bsky.social · 6d

Had this knocking around in my head for about 6 months and finally got around to writing it out and filming it. This is my first time making a video essay and I haven't written VO since college but I'm happy with how it came out. Let me know what you think!

Filmed in #vrchat
Edited with #blender3d

Optimization and Culture in VRChat

YouTube video by Brikaro

youtu.be

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · 6d

Transiting through Melbourne to Canberra for ICMI.

Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · 7d

More travel, this time to a conference in Australia! Again to talk about the research possibilities of VR.

This one is going to be a rather long journey but hopefully it goes well.

#academia #academicsky #virtualreality #vr

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · 8d

Happy Birthday 🎂🎉

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · 10d

Ok this one I need to listen to/watch. Amazing people running the show at QCC <3

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HEnabled @henabled.bsky.social · 12d

"There's a lot of people when I was young who told me there were a lot of things I could not be; I'd like to think I've proven them wrong."

A new episode of HEnabled is out! Listen now: linktr.ee/HEnabled

ID and info below.

#AcademicSky #HE #University #Disability #University #DisabilityPodcast

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · 24d

@glitchyfox.bsky.social this what you were wanting ages ago?

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · 29d

Thankyou to all those who helped on hosting and welcoming the researchers in. Wonderful to see how it tied everything together.

This has been a long time in the making, go and show the people at @newscientist.com some love for their amazing work making science more accessible.

-SONAR- @sonarxr.club · 29d

To be honest, we were 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 for this to come out. ^^

@llamahat.bsky.social took part in @newscientist.com documentary about how vr is influencing the society, check it out!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5vl...

How Virtual Nightclubs Are Changing Modern Society

YouTube video by New Scientist

www.youtube.com

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · 29d

Main thing for me is looking at how conversations from, and how I can create worlds to help people connect. Hopefully (if ethics passes me 😬) I should be able to investigate different world characteristics and world design aspects and how they affect users ability to converse.

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · 29d

Thankyou to all those who helped on hosting and welcoming the researchers in. Wonderful to see how it tied everything together.

This has been a long time in the making, go and show the people at @newscientist.com some love for their amazing work making science more accessible.

-SONAR- @sonarxr.club · 29d

To be honest, we were 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 for this to come out. ^^

@llamahat.bsky.social took part in @newscientist.com documentary about how vr is influencing the society, check it out!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5vl...

How Virtual Nightclubs Are Changing Modern Society

YouTube video by New Scientist

www.youtube.com

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · Sep 18

I really do hope you find that passion again because you have made some incredible worlds with so much detail and style in the texture work.

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · Sep 18

I remember back when I too was first learning about stuff, it was really fun to fail fail and then succeeded. Something that Mick Gordon said about making music is that you need to keep changing the process that you use to make things, don't stay in the same routine to make things or it gets stale.

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · Sep 18

I think it depends on a case by case basis. I find it is more how much of your passion you turn into a career, it is really difficult to find that line but you can make it work. My career as a researcher is adjacent to my career as a world builder. There is only so much crossover between the two.

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-SONAR- @sonarxr.club · Sep 15

GUESS WHAT IT IS!!
Kick Lobotomy is happening once again!
On saturday 20th of September.
We're starting off nice and easy with some Hardstyle, ramping up to Rawstyle, then cranking it up with J-Core & Speedcore, into full on KRACH!

You dont wanna miss this lineup!!

#vrcmusicevent #Vrchat #VRCRave

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · Sep 12

Travel back from conference number 2 in as many weeks for a 7 hour stay at the house before heading back out again to catch a flight...holiday finally!

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Vee @vesturo.eu · Sep 12

Lasers at Gathering: Beginnings

YouTube video by Quinnster

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iGGi CDT @iggi-phd.bsky.social · Sep 11

🌟 That’s a wrap on iGGi Con 2025! 🌟

Two incredible days of talks, panels, workshops, and keynotes celebrating research and innovation in games, AI, and interactive media.

💚 Huge thanks to our speakers, organisers, and attendees for making this year’s conference a success!

#iGGiCon #GamesResearch

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-SONAR- @sonarxr.club · Sep 10

I don’t know how our club moderators smelled the frame time spike here, but they’re very real, and will chase you down on an e-scooter 😭

#VRChat

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · Sep 10

This is so cool, the idea is so meta (not the corporation).

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · Sep 10

Possible I can have a look at it once I'm back from travels. What is currently wrong with it?

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Mr F @guycalledfrank.bsky.social · Sep 8

Oh boy, got the textures hooked up

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · Sep 8

Id rather have 100 non-shadow lights than 3 shadow ones.

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · Sep 8

If 99% of people won't notice the loss in quality for optimisation, then it should be done. With every industry there are people who will notice when optimisation gives a worse result, but those are the people that would understand why it was taken too, and probably could help make it better too.

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Karl (Llamahat) @llamahat.bsky.social · Sep 6

Not much to be seen visually in terms of upgrades except some fog and new textures. But there is a fair amount under the hood that has changed :)

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